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China Web2.0 Review

　　This Monday I participated in the Mobile Monday Beijing event with the intention to know the experience of going abroad from some Chinese mobile companies, including Pica.com, a mobile IM service provider, Yicha.cn, a mobile search company with presence in Japan since 2006, PP.cn, a mobile community with Japan market entry by partnership with Yicha.cn, Casee.cn, a mobile advertising company entering UK market with the help of its investors.
　　Mobile Monday Beijing’s website has a detailed transcript of the event, here are some of my quotes.
　　Why going abroad? PP.cn and Yicha enter Japan market because Japanese mobile market is more mature, and “it is easier to make money from mobile internet services in Japan”.
　　To fi......    (查看原文)

　　This year will be a big year for open platform concept in China, with Xiaonei, Comsenz, 51.com, Taobao launching their open platform. In last week, I have chance to have an interview with David Li, who developed some very popular apps on Facebook platform. So we asked his opinion on open platform of some Chinese websites.
　　China Web 2.0 Review: Would you please briefly introduce yourself and your team?
　　David: I am a programmer in 42friends which is one of the leading Facebook apps developers. I have over 10 years experience in designing and developing large scale network system.
　　CWR: What widgets your team have developed on Facebook?
　　D......    (查看原文)

　　In this February, we reported that Taobao will launch open platform within this year. Today Taobao Open Platform(TOP)’s webpage has been online already, which provides information on Taobao API for developers. (tip by Sina)
　　To be a developer for TOP, at first you need to sign up as an ISV in Alisoft, the software business under Alibaba Group. TOP will adopt Alisoft to test, release and manage third-party apps for Taobao. Since Taobao is a C2C e-commerce site, not a SNS. TOP mainly focus on applications which will help buyers or sellers to make transaction on Taobao, it is quite different from apps on SNS platform which are mainly entertainment and fun oriented. Taobao also allows developers to sell their apps on the platform to make money.
　　Before the platform launches, some ISVs offer apps to Taobao’s ......    (查看原文)

　　Kaixin001.com is a Facebook-like SNS established in late April by ex-Sina people. Yes, it is a new-comer in China’s already crowded SNS market, but in last three month, Kaixin001.com gained quite good growth curve.
　　If we check the Alexa data of Kaixin001.com and Hainei.com, which is a SNS launched in late 2007 and targeted similar market as Kaixin001.com, we found that Kaixin001’s Alexa data has exceeded Hainei since May. Since Alexa data is not reliable, we also use Google Trends for website. It also shows that Kaixin001’s traffic increased quickly and now is close to Hainei’s.
　　Based on my personal observation and experience in Kaixin001.com, I also think that it is very possible that Kaixin001 already has more user than Hainei, and many users are quite active on the site.
　　How can kaixin001 gain such growth momentum in a short time? Its secret weapon is the entertainment and just for fun applications on the site. When Kaixin001 was launched, it offered some just for fun applications for users, for example, two most popular apps are very similar to “Friends for Sale” and “Parking War” apps on Facebook. These apps are quite sticky and helpful in retaining users and keeping users’ activeness. This may be another proof that SNS with game elements ......    (查看原文)

　　Two weeks ago, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) released a report on China’s digital generation, which has some finding on China’s Internet and users.
　　If you are regular reader of this blog, you might be familiar with many of the findings already.
　　According to the report, online chatting is a very important Internet service in China, 89% of Chinese Internet users using IM, versus 63% usage of email, while in US, 91% of them use email, only 39% use online chatting. BCG thinks that it is because Chinese users regard IM as a more advanced service, if they can communicate with contacts in IM, why bother to use email.
　　The report found that e-commerce is still in its early stage in China. Only 28% of Chinese go shopping onl......    (查看原文)